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    1 vulnerability by skylarkcob

    CVE-2024-9930 (GCVE-0-2024-9930)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-26 01:58 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:22
    VLAI
    Title
    Extensions by HocWP Team <= 0.2.3.2 - Authentication Bypass
    Summary
    The Extensions by HocWP Team plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2.3.2. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'verify_email' action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator. The vulnerability is in the Account extension.
    Severity
    9.8 (Critical)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    skylarkcob Extensions by HocWP Team Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.2.3.2 (semver)
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    hocwp extensions Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.2.3.2 (semver)
        cpe:2.3:a:hocwp:extensions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    		 Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    István Márton
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